Golden Stone
Little Beast Brewing

1.5 year old bottle poured into a snifter. The color is hazy yellow, really similar to light fresh squeezed orange juice. The nose is strong in nectarine, smoke, wood, and orange blossoms. The tase follows suit developing sour peach up front, melding into sour funky oranges and, interestingly, woody smoked apricot, finishing on an extended nutty and caramelized apricot on the upper palate. The body and moutheel are delicate, silky, strong, and developed, developing a intriguing dryness that is both dry yet not parching, remarkably clean.

Absolutley fantastic.

cool beer here, i have been loving these little bottles from little beast! this is sneaky strong as a base, doesnt drink like its north of 8% abv at all. oak aged with brett, and three stone fruits, hence the name, peaches, apricots, and nectarines! its a pretty beer in color, but not super lively in the glass, doesnt hold any head really. aroma is funky like the brett is well established and like maybe there was some wild stuff on the fruit too, more sour in nose than i usually think of from brett, like a bacterial element has to be in play as well. light belgian esters lead into heavy fruit, peaches in front of the others from what i can tell, really natural and ripe, and with a little white wine complexion with the esters and the wood coming together in this way. the flavor is great too, maybe a little muted compared to the nose, but the bretty funk is nice, there is a light lemony tang to it that keeps the fruit from being sweet, and its insane how well the alcohol is hidden, i hardly taste it at all. the apricots come out more in the taste, almost a concentrated, dried apricot sweetness, and the oak is study as well, but the beer somehow feels lighter than it is to me, maybe its the brett, but the body is mellow and it drinks easy, even with the lighter carbonation, which could definitely be ramped up, but hurts this less than it usually does in the style for me. the fruit flavors are great, and this is one that i am sure is going to age well in the bottle over time. im pretty stoked on these guys right now, the beers are distinctive and thoughtful, and the prices are reasonable for what they are. i liked the black raspberry one a bit more than this one, but this is great too!

L: Orange golden.
S: Hints of peaches and apricots.
T: Initial rush of fruit notes (apricots, nectarines and peaches that built up together and fade away into oak notes.
F: Very carbonated and light. Very drinkable but also simple.
O: Excellent three-way sour. Very simple and memorable but could do a bit better.

Poured from 375mL corked & caged bottle into a tulip. Bottled November 2017.

Appearance: medium golden hue with a little bit of haze and a good effervescence. Head is a finger of frothy white foam with not a ton of staying power. Still, nice for a wild ale.

Smell: an earthy stone-fruit aroma comes through with some nice oaky character. There's not much in the way of sourness in the aroma, but it is quite nice nevertheless.

Taste: unlike the aroma, there's plenty of Brettanomyces character in the flavor. The oak remains present, but is not overpowering; the stone fruits are earthy but maintain a subtle but distinct fruitiness. It is a very deep-flavored beer; it doesn't pop, but it doesn't need to.

Mouthfeel: medium-light body but with a great big carbonation and concomitant creaminess. I dig it!

Overall: I like this one a lot. Though it's definitely got a wild ale funk, it is not especially sour; however, I think that plays well with the stone fruits. This one's definitely worth a try.